Record numbers lined the shore at a Moray village for the community’s third annual raft race.
Colourful and creative crafts took to the water from Findhorn at the weekend to compete in the event organised by the local inshore rescue organisation (Miro).
Teams pushed their ingenuity to the limit in order to design seaworthy rafts capable of negotiating a course on Findhorn Bay.
More than 250 supporters packed the coastline at the village to cheer on their favourites over the waves.
A tennis-themed raft, christened “You cannot be serious” – complete with artifical grass and a net to celebrate Wimbledon’s finals weekend – took Findhorn Coastal Rowers to victory.
Crew members Gwen Williams, Andrea Barraclough, Maclean Macleod and Kay Anderson had tennis racquets in their hands while rowing furiously during Saturday’s competition.
The raft race, which begins and ends at Findhorn’s marina, was previously a regular fixture in the village’s social calendar before being brought back by Miro in 2016.
The lifesaving organisation has been called out 11 times over the last five months in order to help people who are in distress.
The group’s most recent incidents include assisting a kayaker suspected to be in difficulty near Burghead and providing supervision while a vehicle, which had become stuck on the shore at Findhorn, was towed to safety from the incoming tide.
Operations manager Peter McKenzie said: “This has definitely been the most successful year we’ve had since we brought it back. We had six teams entering, which was a record, and about 250 on the shore – I don’t remember having as many as that before.
“We don’t really treat the event as a fundraiser. We just want to raise awareness of who we are and what we do because, as a charity, we rely on funding from elsewhere.
“It was certainly hard work for the teams because they were going against the wind for the first half before getting it on their backs as they headed for home.”